Campus Executive/Dean
Associate Dean, Angell Snyder School of Business
Associate Professor of Management

Dr. Orville Blackman is the Campus Executive/Dean for the Jeffersonville Campus of Ottawa University. He is also the Associate Dean in the Angell Snyder School of Business. He graduated from the University of Louisville with a Ph.D. in Leadership and Organizational Development where he was also an instructor in the department of Leadership and Workforce Development. His research agenda includes: (a) Labor market demand and supply; (b) Organizational analysis and development (c) Coaching and mentoring as human resource development interventions and (d) Higher education program design and development.

In his academic career, Dr. Blackman was awarded the National Holmes Scholarship in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. The Holmes scholarship is awarded to minorities who have demonstrated potential for leadership in Higher Education. As a part of his training, Dr. Blackman was engaged in curriculum development and assessment for the Kentucky Department of Education in collaboration with the Center for Civic Education and Engagement. He was also recognized for his contribution to student development through international service learning in Belize, CA.

Upon completion of his doctorate, he was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship by the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education where he commenced his research agenda while working alongside nationally recognized scholars in career education. During this time he participated in large scale research that was used to inform Federal Higher Education Policy related to career and adult education.

Dr. Blackman has made several presentations at national conferences, co-authored peer review articles in his research area, published book chapters, and presented guest lectures to several national audiences. He designed a curriculum development model that has been adopted by two universities as their standard for program development. The model was designed to address the complexity of maintaining curriculum quality in institutions with multi-site campuses.

In his early career he worked as a manager for a highly successful media company. Subsequently, he went on to be a corporate consultant specializing in organizational development. He provided services in executive coaching, strategic planning, and training and development to senior executives and frontline staff in several countries including the United States, Bahamas, Belize, Turks & Caicos Islands, the Cayman Islands and the Eastern Caribbean.